Illustration: During a gentle stretching session in a Japanese community room, an instructor sits sideways on a simple stool. Both feet remain planted, knees point forward, and the pelvis stays squarely on the seat.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

上じょう体たい

joutai

upper body

Example sentences

  1. 僧侶そうりょが上体じょうたいを揺ゆらして念仏ねんぶつや和讃わさんを唱となえる。

    At the event, Buddhist priests chant invocations and hymns by shaking their upper bodies.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 剣道けんどうでは相撲すもうと同様どうようの姿勢しせい、または片膝かたひざを床ゆかに着つけて立たち膝ひざで上体じょうたいを起おこして姿勢しせいを正ただした状態じょうたいを言いう。

    For kendo, it refers to the same posture as for sumo, or the posture of kneeling down on one knee with the upper body straight.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 椅子いすに座すわったまま、上体じょうたいをゆっくり前まえに倒たおした。

    I stayed seated and slowly bent my upper body forward.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 上体

  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ
  • 体body; substanceOnタイ・テイKunからだ・かたち

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